Saturday's letters to the editor

November 17, 2012

Israel's attack on Hamas

Why should anyone be surprised that Israel struck a blow at the command and control of Hamas to undermine its infrastructure? Hamas has fired 900 rockets into Israeli civilian areas so far in 2012. Hamas, considered a terrorist organization by much of the Western world, should have expected retaliatory raids. The West understands that Israel will attack targets serving as bases for terror against it.

As for the outrage of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, he depends on American welfare to survive and is happy to see his rival, Hamas, taken down a notch.

Len Bennett, Deerfield Beach

Columnists are anti-Republican

It is most unfortunate that both Gary Stein and Stephen Goldstein continue their attacks on anything Republican like old worn-out tires.

After reading both of their comments in the Sun Sentinel, it should be obvious to your readers that these two men are not only spokespersons for the Democratic Party, but are becoming pathetic in their opinions and comments.

Goldstein's comments on how to fix our broken system are ridiculous and unworthy of publishing, especially his comments about boycotting companies that advertise on certain radio and TV programs that do not suit his political views. It just keeps getting worse.

Gerry Katz, Weston

Online voting is the answer

Voting online would help people avoid waiting in long lines at polling places on Election Day, which makes it a great idea.

To vote online, people would go to the county's Supervisor of Elections website and register by entering their name, address, phone number, date of birth, registration number, party, precinct, user name and password.

There would be a computer inside every polling place that would collect votes via the Internet from the voter's home or smartphone.

Online voting should start in the 2016 presidential election.

Paul Bacon, Hallandale Beach

The good ol' days of voting

I have had it with early voting. I am sick and tired of hearing the words "disenfranchised" and "racist" because days and hours were cut out of early voting and senior citizens and the disabled were targeted so they couldn't vote.

What happened to the first Tuesday in November? Remember, it was called Election Day and everybody voted. Your employer gave you three hours off in the morning to vote.

Then the media got involved and, as always, turned the process into a circus.

Ava Becker, Lauderhill

Good side of recent election

"America is dead," more likely the tea party is losing its voice. "We the people" spoke out.

The right to vote is one of our greatest rights. It's the voice of the people. All those billions wasted on tainted advertising could have done so much good elsewhere.

On second thought, maybe it did do some good. It made many aware of why they should vote.

Paul Hoffenberg, Tamarac

Voters need to be savvy

Seeing that the Sun Sentinel powers-that-be decided to endorse Mitt Romney, I understand the possibility exists that this letter will not be published.

Now that the dust has more or less settled after the election, I've concluded the following:

The fact that Republican heads are still spinning and are so outrageously shocked at their huge loss proves only one thing: They are out of touch with the rest of the country with their "40 years ago" way of thinking and how badly they underestimated the intelligence of the American people.

Karl Rove, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, Donald Trump and just about all the "talent" on Fox News, are nothing more than hot air and serve no purpose other than to spew fear, hate and pollute the airwaves.

This approach obviously doesn't resonate with the clear-thinking electorate any longer. It's the 21st century, people. Adapt, adjust or go the way of the dinosaur.

Mike Rose, Lighthouse Point

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Thanksgiving letters

With Thanksgiving fast approaching, we'd like to know, what are you most thankful for this year? Write us at letters@SunSentinel.com and put "Thanksgiving" in the subject field. We'll publish a round-up of your comments on our national day of thanks